Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PACIFICA·NCES 062046002471
Sunset Ridge Elementary
340 Inverness Dr., Pacifica, CA 94044 · (650) 738-6687 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
145 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sunset Ridge Elementary→Ingrid B. Lacy Middle
Based on grade levels within Pacifica. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.6pp since 2014
Math
34.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 18.2% | 24.1% | 43.5% |
| Math | 13.6% | 20.7% | 27.2% | 38.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 35.1% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 37.1% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 33.2% |
| 2020-21 | 28.2% | 25.4% |
| 2018-19 | 36.7% | 43.6% |
| 2017-18 | 38.6% | 46.1% |
| 2016-17 | 42.5% | 44.5% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sunset Ridge Elementary
Sunset Ridge Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Ridge Elementary this school | 348 | 41.7% | 32.4% |
| Los Paseos Elementary San Jose | 403 | 40.4% | 41.2% |
| Theuerkauf Elementary Mountain View | 308 | 38.6% | 39.6% |
| Westwood Elementary Santa Clara | 368 | 37.5% | 51.0% |
| Howard Wood Elementary Torrance | 344 | 42.4% | 57.6% |
| Ponderosa Elementary South San Francisco | 359 | 35.4% | 51.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sunset Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,233 of 5,151 | #78 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #2,808 of 5,172 ▼ 218 | #76 of 96 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,743 of 5,172 ▲ 310 | #79 of 96 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,154 of 5,116 | #37 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #4,298 of 5,915 | #59 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #649 of 5,352 | #22 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #218 of 5,354 | #11 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #4,266 of 5,625 | #41 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.1% | #342 of 3,837 | #7 of 79 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
348
-200 (-36%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 22.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | 42% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 18.1 | 21.1:1 | 46% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 20 | 19.7:1 | 37% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 33% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 24 | 22.0:1 | 39% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 38% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | N/A | N/A | 44% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 42% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 10 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (528 to 348); teachers down 25% (24 to 18).
About Sunset Ridge Elementary
Sunset Ridge Elementary is a small elementary school in Pacifica, California, administered by Pacifica. The school counted 348 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 25% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Sunset Ridge Elementary is in Pacifica, a district with 2,640 students across 7 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Sunset Ridge Elementary is Hispanic, with 38% of students. Next come 23% Asian, 19% White, 17% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. The diversity index for Sunset Ridge Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.3:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 3.0 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 42% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sunset Ridge Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Sunset Ridge Elementary posts 32.4% against a 55.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
Census data for San Mateo County show median household income comes to about $158,855, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 176 public schools in the county, enrolling about 82,403, Sunset Ridge Elementary among them.
Ocean Shore Elementary is the nearest public school to Sunset Ridge Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sunset Ridge Elementary is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
Sunset Ridge Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A 36% decline took enrollment from 548 in 2020-21 to 348 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.3:1) than in 2020-21 (22.8:1).
Sunset Ridge Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pacifica
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Vallemar ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Ortega ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- Ocean Shore ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- Pacifica Independent Home StudyElementary · 12 students
Other schools in Pacifica
- Terra Nova HighHigh · 740 students
- Cabrillo ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Vallemar ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Ingrid B. Lacy MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Oceana HighHigh · 471 students
- Ortega ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Other Sunset Ridge Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sunset Ridge Elementary. Sunset Ridge Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Sunset Ridge Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 611 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 396 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryMiddleton, WI · 309 students
- Sunset Ridge Elementary SchoolNorthfield, IL · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Ocean Shore Elementary0.6 mi · 368
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elementary0.7 mi · 294
- Skyline Elementary0.8 mi · 366
- Junipero Serra Elementary0.8 mi · 286
- Summit Public School: Shasta0.9 mi · 458
- Oceana High1.1 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Sunset Ridge Elementary?
Sunset Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sunset Ridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunset Ridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sunset Ridge Elementary have?
Sunset Ridge Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Ridge Elementary?
At Sunset Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 19% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Sunset Ridge Elementary public or private?
Sunset Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pacifica.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.